"Fate of the Beasts (1913), perhaps also related to the prevailing apprehensions of war, portrays a total, inescapable catastrophe. Hard, arrowlike diagonals intersect to shoot across the canvas. Trees bleed and descend in a cosmic cataclysm. The...

"From the 'King's Grave' at Ur comes a splendid lyre that, in its restored state, resembles the instrument depicted in the feast scene on the Standard of Ur [from Tomb 779]. A magnificent bull's head caps the instrument's sound box. It is fashioned...

Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: woman seated in chair, reading; boy in sailor suit standing on shore, pointing to approaching ship; children riding in horse-drawn sleigh; dog and sheep; man on horseback approaching...

Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: dozens of children gathering eggs from chicken coop and series of henhouses; boy reading on stoop, surrounded by barnyard animals including cat, dog, goose, sheep, pig, turkey, and...

“Scenes from the Zliten mosaic showing (top left) a man condemned to be killed by beasts. He is pushed towards the animals on a miniature chariot. The other scenes show animals being hunted by venatores, and a fight between a bear and a bull...

The quilt was created by Judy Mings. She lives in this special neighborhood and expresses herself with sculpture, home design, Isadora Duncan dancing, clothing and cooking as well as painting, educational administration, civil and women's rights...

Stone bridge over a small river or stream surrounded by trees. A soldier is standing on one end of the bridge and a dead animal that appears to be a cow is floating in the water. Several other animals are at the edge of the water.

Woodblock prints of, clockwise starting from top left: people strolling on path through tall palm trees; Pied Piper causing rats to jump into water, and leading children into cave; old woman napping in chair with book in her lap; children playing...

Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: cover of "Morton & Griswold's Western Farmer's Almanac," signed "Hartwell" and featuring images of settlers heading west in covered wagon train and at work on farm; coastal town;...

Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left (all images signed "Hartwell" unless otherwise noted): Sardanapalus (Assyrian king) seated on throne holding a goblet aloft, with men and women in attendance; scene in city square; Semiramis...

Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: trees; tower, with people and animals in busy courtyard; geometrical figure of circle with two lines, a bisected equilateral triangle, and two dark patches contained within; number 32;...

This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the boy in tree frightened by snake, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: boy,...

This mosaic "decorated the vertical bar of the T-form figured composition of the dining room floor to which the mosaic of Pasiphae and Daedalus belonged. The thick swastika-meander band in perspective at the top was the partition between the two...

The "border shows a row of stepped pyramids and a band of guilloche, and between these a wide acanthus scroll. The latter consists of foliate male masks similar to those placed in the corners and from which branches spring in either direction. In...

From Hierakonpolis, Egypt. "In Predynastic times, Egypt was divided geographically and politically into Upper Egypt (the southern, upstream part of the Nile Valley), a narrow tract of grassland that encouraged hunting, and Lower (northern) Egypt,...

A window at Stewart Dry Goods in Louisville, Kentucky is decorated with a variety of toys. A fringed curtain frames the top of the window and a small "Stewart's" sign is at the bottom center of the window. Next to the little sign is another that...

Stuffed animals, dolls, musical instruments and other toys fill the window of Stewart's Dry Goods. A mannequin dressed as a "gypsy" looks into a crystal ball. Signs in the window say, "Look who's coming, gaze into the crystal and see," and, "A...